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2 Pesetas Alcóntar
| Issuer | Consejo Municipal de Alcóntar |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Plain typeset layout printed in black on unadorned paper, with a rectangular perimeter border formed by vertical rule lines. The text is arranged in several lines, with the issuing authority's name underlined, followed by the bearer clause and denomination statement. The overall presentation is characteristic of wartime municipal emergency issues, relying entirely on letterpress typography without vignettes or ornamental underprint. |
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| Protection description | Oval red ink municipal stamp of the Consejo Municipal de Alcóntar applied to the reverse, enclosing a heraldic coat of arms |
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Alcóntar is a small municipality in the Sierra de los Filabres, Almería province. During the Civil War, dozens of Andalusian villages issued their own emergency paper — local councils had no choice once Republican pesetas dried up and commerce needed a medium of exchange. The Consejo Municipal issues were authorised under the broader Republican framework permitting ayuntamientos to produce local currency, but quality and backing varied wildly from one village to the next.
Gari Mon #87-A suggests an early or only known type for Alcóntar within that cataloguing system. Small-village Andalusian issues from 1937 are among the most difficult Spanish Civil War locals to source today — low original print runs, poor wartime paper, and the disruption of Nationalist advances through the region account for that scarcity.